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The farmers usualy buy the seeds anyway. I can only remember one time
in my childhood that we let a crop go to seed. Most of the time to crop
is harvested for the plant or the grain to make flower or feed. Once,
we had a hay field that we couldn't get harvested in a timely manner.
That was the only time we used a thresher to get the seeds to plant
again.
PrinceGaz wrote:
>
> From: David W. Tamkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Today I was reading an article about genetically engineered foodstuffs. One
> > product mentioned was crop seeds that are viable and can germinate, but grow
> > into sterile plants that produce no seeds themselves. The scam is that come
> > harvest time the farmers get no seeds for the next year's planting, and the
> > next year they have to buy a new supply of seeds from the seed vendors, an
> > industry that is now dominated by subsidiaries of chemical conglomerates.
> >
> > However, the first time I read it, I misunderstood it as seeds that can grow
> > into fertile plants, but they yield seeds that will grow into sterile plants
> > that will, in turn, produce no seeds, so these plants can have children but
> > no grandchildren. That sounded a hell of a lot like you-know-what.
>
> Perhaps farmers should begin a campaign against CCMS Final seeds much
> like the protest against the V2 record label producing SCMS Final discs. The
> big corporates see these changes as a way of making more money and only
> we, the consumers through a boycott can stop them.
>
> Genetically-Modified food has a "rather poor" image in Britain, well actually
> it's usually called "Frankenstein Food"! Of course much soya which is now
> used in almost everything is imported from the USA and the GM and non-GM
> soya is mixed so we all probably eat at least some GM stuff.
>
> I'm totally against the "creeping introduction" of SCMS Final CDs, but as for
> GM food I doubt theres a problem. I'd be happy to eat Beefburgers made
> from British cattle fed on ground-up sheep carcasses, which themselves were
> grazed on totally-GM'd grass. And I'm totally sane. It's continental Europe
> thats mad. They just wish they'd thought of our clever farming techniques
> which allow increased efficiency and are jealous.
>
> Admit it Stefan, Ralph etc, you wish your country had been as ingenious as
> we were. I bet you're mad. Mad. Mad. MAD. MADMADMADMADMAD!!!!!
>
> MADMADMADMADMADMADMADMADMADMADMADMADMAD!!!!!!!!
>
> Cheers,
> PrinceGaz -- "Hey guys, seriously, British Beef has been so strictly monitored
> controlled and restricted lately that it's probably the safest in Europe. You know
> the mad bit was just silliness on my part :-)"
>
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